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Mechanisms of fluorescence quenching of aromatic chromophores by water are reviewed. The mechanisms include polarity of chromophore environment, proton or electron transfer between the excited chromophore and water. A hypothesis is proposed that the quenching can be a result of chromophore-solvent hydrogen bond breaking in the excited state.
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Original Russian Text © G.E. Dobretsov, T.I. Syrejschikova, N.V. Smolina, 2014, published in Biofizika, 2014, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 231–237.
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Dobretsov, G.E., Syrejschikova, T.I. & Smolina, N.V. On mechanisms of fluorescence quenching by water. BIOPHYSICS 59, 183–188 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350914020079
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